Interior of the Konservenfabrik E. Arnold und Co. (Arnold and Co. canned goods factory); Fuerth, Bavaria Business Establishments; Factories

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Interior view of the synagogue where David Dublon was cantor or rabbi; Dülmen, Germany Synagogues; Interior

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Interior view of the synagogue where David Dublon was cantor or rabbi with some of the children in the congregation; Dülmen, Germany Synagogues; Interior

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Study; Albert Einstein's Weekend Home; Caputh, near Berlin Architecture; Residences; Interior

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Staircase; Albert Einstein's Weekend Home; Caputh, near Berlin Architecture; Residences; Interior

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Interior of Aenny Catzenstein's apartment; Onslo Court (?), London Architecture Residences Interior

Aenny Catzenstein is seen sitting on a sofa in the left corner of the picture

Interior of Aenny Catzenstein's apartment; Onslo Court (?), London Architecture Residences Interior

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Interior of Aenny Catzenstein's apartment; Onslo Court (?), London Architecture Residences Interior

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Interior of Aenny Catzenstein nee Gottschalk's cottage during WW II; Ascona, Switzerland Architecture Residences Interiors

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"Klo-KU-BA", Hans and Elizabeth Krakauer's first marital apartment in the basement of the Jewish Hospital; Hannover, Germany Architecture; Residences; Interior

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Interior of the Konservenfabrik E. Arnold und Co. (Arnold and Co. canned goods factory); Fuerth, Bavaria Business Establishments; Factories

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Interior views of the last Rosenberg home; Hamburg.

The Rosenberg family left the home September 1938

Interior and exterior views of the Boehm family hat factory; (Vienna?).

1) Ansicht des Innenhofes mit den Buerofenstern

Threats and Promises: The Promotion of Artificial Lighting to Women Consumers in the United States, 1880s – 1960s

This article examines the development of a specific gendered discourse in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century that united key beliefs about feminine beauty, identity, and the domestic interior with particular electric lighting technologies and effects. Largely driven by the electrical industry’s marketing rhetoric, American women were encouraged to adopt electric lighting as a beauty aid and ally in a host of domestic tasks. Drawing evidence from a number of primary texts, including women’s magazines, lighting and electrical industry trade journals, manufacturer-generated marketing materials, and popular home decoration and beauty advice literature, this study shifts the focus away from lighting as a basic utility, demonstrating the ways in which modern electric illumination was culturally constructed as a desirable personal and environmental beautifier as well as a means of harmonizing the domestic interior.